Screening: Tove
Tuesday, 19 May 2026 – 8pm
Grand Action Cinema
Following on from the Visions Nordiques festival in spring 2025, Nordic cinema is returning to Paris in 2026, once a month on a Tuesday at the Grand Action cinema (5 rue des écoles, Paris 5). The month of May will be dedicated to Finnish cinema with the film Tove (2020), directed by Zaida Bergroth.
Awarded Best Film at the Jussi Awards in 2021, Tove offers a novel and romantic take on Tove Jansson, the complex artist behind one of the most iconic creations in children’s literature: the Moomins. A painter and novelist as well, Jansson created a rich and profound artistic world that continues to resonate with new generations in Finland and around the world.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Zaida Bergroth, filmmaker, and Tuula Yrjö-Koskinen, director of Institut finlandais.
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TOVE
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings the painter Tove Jansson (Alma Pöysti) a new sense of artistic and social freedom. From the bohemian scene in Helsinki to post-war Paris, Tove takes us on a whirlwind journey through her life as an artist. A gripping biopic about the creative energy of an iconic talent, and her turbulent quest for identity, desire and freedom.
Directed by Zaida Bergroth
With Alma Pyösti, Krista Kosonen and Shanti Roney
Finland, 2020
100 min, in Swedish with French subtitles
At Cinéma Le Grand Action
This programme was conceived by the embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the Institut finlandais and the Institut suédois.